With a growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road and charging infrastructure investments lagging, occupation of installed charging stations is growing and available charging points for EV drivers are becoming scarce. Installing more charging infrastructure is problematic from both a public …

The content of the book Volunteer Tourism is current and relevant in today’s tourism discussion about, citizenship, development and cosmopolitanism. The authors provide a vocabulary not only for tourism scholars but also for people interested in mobility and morality. The book frames volunteer tourism …

When a pipeline is laid on the seabed it can be exposed to hazards of ship anchors, large fishing gear or ice keels. To prevent the pipeline of being damaged, the pipeline can be trenched. Trenching is a technique where the pipeline will be buried in the seabed to a certain depth. This can either be …

This study aims at examining the ways people communicate about energy transition, by analyzing the discourse of different stakeholders in a case of a local initiative for renewable energy. When moving from traditional to renewable energy, social acceptance of new technologies is of central importance, …

GasTerra is, als exclusieve verkoper van het gas uit de Groningse bodem, een cruciale ketenpartner in de energiesector in Nederland. Om deze strategische positie goed te kunnen vormgeven wil GasTerra de beeldvorming in de Nederlandse samenleving over gas en GasTerra analyseren. Men wil inzicht in of …

Vrouwelijke prostituees worden veelal negatief afgebeeld in protestants-christelijke berichtgeving, zo stellen verschillende vrouwelijke prostituees (Anna, 2016, Dee, 2015 & Zondares, 2016). Zij krijgen vaak de slachtofferrol toegewezen, terwijl zij deze zelf niet ervaren. Volgens deze bronnen is het …

In January 2016, several newspapers reported on the sexual assault of women at Dom Square in Cologne. The aim of this study was to find out, whether the sexual assaults that occurred in Cologne in 2015 were the result of facts or framing. The scope of this research is based on 87 letters to the editor, …

In this thesis the workings of a time-resolved setup are treated as well as the underlying physics. The setup is based on optical gating, which gives control over very short moments in time to let light pass through a gate. As this process is stable, light can be studied in very short and low intensities. …

Het blootleggen en veranderen van bestaande frames is een proces van lange adem gebleken. Instituties als sociale diensten en welzijnsinstellingen hebben een ‘longue duree’ karakter. Stabiliteit is hun kracht van waaruit ze kleine veranderingen absorberen zonder dat er wezenlijk iets veranderd. Wie de …

Background • We need to transition to sustainable energy because of several reasons (e.g., climate change) • The transition process is hampered due to lack of viable business models